Thunderbird versions prior to 91.3.0 are vulnerable to the heap overflow described in CVE-2021-43527 when processing S/MIME messages. Thunderbird versions 91.3.0 and later will not call the vulnerable code when processing S/MIME messages that contain certificates with DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures.

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2874-1 thunderbird security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5034-1 thunderbird security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-30458 Thunderbird versions prior to 91.3.0 are vulnerable to the heap overflow described in CVE-2021-43527 when processing S/MIME messages. Thunderbird versions 91.3.0 and later will not call the vulnerable code when processing S/MIME messages that contain certificates with DER-encoded DSA or RSA-PSS signatures.
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Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2025-03-19T15:00:31.859Z

Reserved: 2021-11-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-43529

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:55:29.265Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-16T22:15:10.810

Modified: 2025-03-19T15:15:36.897

Link: CVE-2021-43529

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-43529 - Bugzilla

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